• Request Information
• HIV Patient Assistance Programs
• Hepatitis Patient Assistance Programs
• Assorted Drug Assistance Programs
• The Access Project
• Health Advocacy

Getting Assistance

Accessing medications that you need can be difficult, but there are often programs such as Patient Assistance Programs or state and/or federally funded ADAPs (for HIV and some hepatitis medications) or medication assistance programs that can help. Other Drug Types are also available such as drugs for diabetes, cancers, and heart disease.

Our objective is to help you learn about these programs, as well as maximize your benefits through Medicare, Medicaid, or any type of private insurance you might have. The goal is to reduce your expenses to the smallest amount possible, and to make sure you know you do have options.

The Network is a national, non-profit community based organization that provides case management, treatment and access information, advocacy and counseling, education, and referral services for people with HIV, chronic hepatitis, and other diseases.

Hepatitis C Treatments

• Pegasys (peginterferon alfa-2a)
• PEG Intron (peginterferon alfa-2b)
• Infergen (consensus interferon)

Ribavirin must be taken twice a day with peginterferon, according to what your doctor has prescribed you. It is also available as a generic drug. It is available through the Pegasys or PEG Intron patient assistance programs, or through other programs. Fill out a Request Information form for additional assistance. Other Hepatitis C treatments are approved, but rarely used as better treatments have replaced them.

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Hepatitis B Treatments



• Baraclude - entecavir
• Epivir-HBV - lamivudine
• Intron A - interferon alfa-2b
• Hepsera - adefovir dipivoxil
• Pegasys - peginterferon alfa-2a
• Tyzeka - telbivudine
• Viread - tenofovir disoproxil fumarate

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Hepatitis A and/or B Vaccines

• Havrix
• Vaqta
• Engerix-B
• Recombivax HB
• TwinRix

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Hepatitis Resources

• HCVAdvocate.org News Review
• CAP - Hep C Activists Resources
• TAG Hepatitis C Co-Infection Project
• Experimental HCV Drugs
• Hepatitis and HIV (NATAP)
• HCV Drug Discovery
• EATG Hepatitis News
• The Simple Facts Project - www.atdn.org
• http://www.hepato.com
  
• Solid Organ Transplantation in HIV
• Status C Unknown
• Free/low cost HCV Testing Sites
• Veterans Hepatitis Testing/Care Centers
• Doctor Search (HCV Advocate)
• AASLD (Liver Society) Doctor Search
• American Medical Association Docs
• Hepatitis B Foundation Treatment Watch
• Viral Hepatitis Vaccine Info
• The American Liver Foundation (ALF)
• The Immunization Action Coalition
• NIDDK Hepatitis Information Resources
• HIV Provider Directory Search (HIVMA)
• The Access Project
• AIDS Treatment Data Network
• HIV Patient Assistance Programs
• Hepatitis B Treatment Algorithm